Prognostic significance of PET/CT false-positive cervical lymph nodes in head and neck cancer
Alisa Mohebbi, Afshin Mohammadi · 2026
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Alisa Mohebbi and Afshin Mohammadi present a 2026 study asking whether a false alarm on a cancer scan still carries meaning for a patient's future. In head and neck cancer, scans guide how neck nodes are treated. The standard scan often flags nodes that later prove cancer free, a false positive.
The team used a trial cohort of 176 newly diagnosed patients who had the scan before treatment. They compared two groups: patients whose flagged nodes proved clean, and patients whose scans and tissue both read clean. The question was whether the extra scan signal alone tracks with survival or return of disease. The answer could shape how hard doctors treat such necks.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Alisa Mohebbi, Afshin Mohammadi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |